Intercom network, mobile terminal, and method
AssigneeRiedel Communications International GmbH
InventorsJiou-Pahn Lee, Thomas Riedel
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Abstract
An intercom network for real-time audio communication between users has a stationary element to which the users are connected, a mobile terminal that comprises an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly to the stationary element or to another user, and a device in the stationary element for user management, that administers the users connected to the stationary element, and that carries out an authorization check for logging the mobile terminal onto the stationary element. An NFC element is provided in the device on the stationary element, and an NFC counter-element is provided on the mobile terminal that can transmit authorization information to the NFC element when the mobile terminal approaches the stationary element.
Claims13
An intercom network for real-time audio communication between users, the network comprising:
- a stationary element to which the users are connected;
- a mobile terminal that has an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly to the stationary element or to another user;
- a device in the stationary element for user management, that administrates the users connected to the stationary element, and that carries out an authorization check for logging the mobile terminal onto the stationary element;
- an NFC element in the device on the stationary element;
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- an NFC counter-element on the mobile terminal that can transmit authorization information to the NFC element when the mobile terminal approaches the stationary element.
A method of logging a mobile terminal onto a stationary element of an intercom network having users that can transmit audio signals wirelessly to conduct real-time audio communication, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing a stationary element provided with an NFC element,
- providing a device for user management and with which the users connected to the stationary element can be administered,
- providing a mobile terminal on which an NFC counter-element is provided,
- configuring the intercom network by storing a unique identification of the mobile terminal in a memory of the device, and
- logging the mobile terminal onto the stationary element by bringing the mobile terminal close to the stationary element such that, as a result of the approach, authorization information is transmitted by the NFC counter-element of the mobile terminal to the NFC element on the stationary element.
An intercom network for real-time audio communication between users, the network comprising:
- a stationary element to which the users are connected;
- a mobile terminal that comprises an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly with the mobile terminal to the stationary element or to another user;
- a device in the stationary element for user management that administers the users connected to the stationary element and that carries out an authorization check by the device for logging the mobile terminal onto the stationary element;
- an RFID element in the device on the stationary element;
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- an RFID counter-element on the mobile terminal for transmitting authorization information by the RFID counter-element to the RFID element when the mobile terminal approaches the stationary element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.